ULYSSES SYNDROME
Recordings from the Mediterranean Sea 2009-2011
SPRING 2012 RELEASE
AUDIO PREVIEW
PHOTO
Fall 2010 tour, Hadley Hudson photo diary.
VIDEO
Live performance at the Frying Pan in New York City. Film by Jim Helton.
Live performance at MADRE in Napoli. Film by Asa Mader.
Live performance at Nuit Blanche in Paris. Film by Xavier Arias.
SYNOPSIS
In the Fall of 2009 the Soundwalk collective embarked aboard an old gaff rigged sailboat equipped with scanners and aerial antennae for a sound odyssey recording the hertzian frequencies along the shores of the Mediterranean basin. Soundwalk continuously scanned and recorded all possible radio interceptions over a range of 40 miles around the boat while close to shore and far out at sea.
The 1500 hours of sonic material recorded captures the essence of the Mediterranean coasts: conversations of Libyan fishermen on Greek cargo ships, passing yachts on the Corsican coast, customs officers off the Bay of Naples, voices and whispers, excerpts of music, distant radio noises and morse code communication. The resulting work is resonant of Homer's Odyssey in the form of a sonic fresco totaling 24 hours.
PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATION
The performance consists of a live onstage sound composition during which the originally recorded material is manipulated in real-time accompanied by live synchronized video projection(s). The resulting experience is an immersive environment produced live by musicians and new media artists who reinvent and excite the raw material using turntables, laptops, and other customized media and sound objects.
Ulysses’ Syndrome can also be presented as a sound installation for 24 turntables spinning custom pressed vinyl records on locked grooves, and a wall of speakers.
